DEA Bedford Over 30

The Bedford Pacers played 60 minutes of good soccer, totally dominating the Windham squad, then they ran out of steam. Windham's depth took over and they slowly erased a one goal deficit and went on to win the match 4-2. The Pacers came on strong right from the start. Missing some key players, the Pacers would mix up the starting 11 a bit. A mix that would have the Red Heat brothers both at striker position, Chris Laberge and Robbie Easton controlling the midfield. The mix would work well for the Pacers as Chris Laberge would hit a through pass onto the foot of Jeff Guild about 15 minutes into the match. Jeff would beat a defender and the keeper to give Bedford a 1-0 lead. Windham would come back about ten minutes later with a great overlapping run that caught the Pacer defense short handed. A perfect cross onto the head of an attacking midfielder would tie the score. Windham made a bed to go up a goal as a bicycle kick shot would nearly find a home in the upper right corner of the Bedford net. Chris Cloutier would make a great save, one of his many on the day. "I almost let you have that one" Chris would tell the Windham shooter, applauding his effort. Bedford would go on the attack again with only minutes remaining in the half. Dale Dubois would intersept a Windham pass and chip it onto the foot of Bertie O'Gorman. Bertie would neatly beat his defender and find back netting for a 2-1 lead going into the half time break. Windham would come out pressuring in the second half, but the Pacers would shut them down for the first 15 minutes. This is where the Pacers ran out of steam. With only two subs( a rarity for a home game) the depth was not there to last with the large and talented Windham team. Windham would systematically score three unanswered goals and go on to win the match 4-2. Bedford had its chances to score, Jeff Guild would ring on of the upper bar. Chris Laberge would rip a shot of a nice dummied through pass through the legs of Jeff Guild. The Windham keeper and sweeper was very strong however and Bedford would come up short. A well played game on both sides. The Pacers wind down their fall season with the final game next Sunday against Hollis at Hollis High School at 9 AM. This should be another good match against the cross town rival and DEA Indoor team mate John Krueger. Don't hurt him. He has a game on Tuesday night.